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Jul 1, 2024
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BYU-Ite
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My son's is currently frozen with T-mobile and we pay $0 extra for it (in Utah)
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Son is leaving on a mission. What is the best thing to do so he can keep his
BYUheaven
Jul 1, 1:49pm
Keep paying for the phone.
Bert609
Jul 1, 1:50pm
Port it to a super cheap provider for 2 years
JimmyZ
Jul 1, 1:54pm
If you use the BYU phone plan it costs 1 cent/month while on a mission
JuicyJam
Jul 1, 1:55pm
Give it to a younger sibling while he’s gone, otherwise have fun paying for a
BaseCoug
Jul 1, 1:52pm
Transfer to Google Voice
dug
Jul 1, 1:52pm
This is what I did. It was helpful and easy to do.
Rivers Cuomo
Jul 1, 1:56pm
make sure you use it every so often so it doesn't turn off.
molodyets
Jul 1, 2:35pm
Would once a month work?
BYUheaven
Jul 1, 2:41pm
Yeah. But it looks like there’s plenty of other services where you don’t need to
molodyets
Jul 1, 3:02pm
Haven't heard this, wasn't an issue for me over 3 missions
CougSilver
Jul 1, 3:10pm
It might not do it with a ported number but if you don’t use a number
molodyets
Jul 1, 3:51pm
I've heard you can port it to Google Voice for 20 bucks
dezzy
Jul 1, 1:52pm
yes it does.
Rivers Cuomo
Jul 1, 1:56pm
You can park your number.
Jericho
Jul 1, 1:53pm
With T-Mobile you used to be able to do something like make it inactive where
Adrielle
Jul 1, 1:53pm
My son's is currently frozen with T-mobile and we pay $0 extra for it (in Utah)
BYU-Ite
Jul 1, 1:54pm
T-Mobile let us put our son's phone "on hold" while he was gone.
Benfica1
Jul 1, 1:54pm
They told me $10/month for up to 6 months. The line only costs us about $13/m
beefytee
Jul 1, 1:59pm
IF you are on T Mobile and live in Utah, go into a store, and they will freeze
BYU-Ite
Jul 1, 1:53pm
Actually, porting it to Google voice is probably the best option.
Adrielle
Jul 1, 1:54pm
We started with that idea but realized who cares after 2 years of it's the same number? We backed up phone
Jimo Dashen
Jul 1, 1:53pm
I used Number Barn to park my son’s number. Super easy to port back and forth.
True blue coug
Jul 1, 1:57pm
We did this. Cheap and easy.
Richardo
Jul 1, 2:25pm
Not as cheap as GV though. But sure. Easy.
supertux
Jul 1, 3:21pm
Google Voice. Port the number and then transfer it back when they get home.
JWin
Jul 1, 2:23pm
Cancelled my daughter’s line. 18 months later I requested her old number and it
bbhammer
Jul 1, 2:49pm
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